Problem getting arraylist from another class

Question

I am trying to call information about an arraylist from another class. I am using this code to call the size of an arraylist:
import java.io.*;
public class Test
    public static void main(String argv[]) throws IOException
Echo03 thing = new Echo03();
int y=thing.value();
System.out.println(y);
Echo03 thing2 = new Echo03();
int x=thing2.percent.size();
System.out.println(x);
}from another file which starts like this:
public class Echo03 extends DefaultHandler
static ArrayList<String> percent = new ArrayList<String>();
static ArrayList<String> text = new ArrayList<String>();
  int a;
public int value(){
     return percent.size();
  public static void main(String argv[]) throws IOException
    {The second file is based on an example piece of code from the Java website. I havent posted the whole thing, but if it is relevant then please ask.
Anyway when I run Echo03 by itself, the arraylist has a size of 2. But when I run it from the Test file, it says a size of 0. Is this because the data is not being transferred between the classes? Or is the Echo03 program not executing (and hence the arraylist is not filling up)?
How can I fix this? I have tried 2 ways of calling the data (As seen in my Test file). Neither work.

Answer 1

I didnt post the full bit of the code for the second one. Here it is:
import java.io.*;
import org.xml.sax.*;
import org.xml.sax.helpers.DefaultHandler;
import javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory;
import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException;
import javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class Echo03 extends DefaultHandler
static ArrayList<String> percent = new ArrayList<String>();
static ArrayList<String> text = new ArrayList<String>();
  int a;
  public static void main(String argv[]) throws IOException
        if (argv.length != 1) {
            System.err.println("Usage: cmd filename");
            System.exit(1);
        // Use an instance of ourselves as the SAX event handler
        DefaultHandler handler = new Echo03();
        // Use the default (non-validating) parser
        SAXParserFactory factory = SAXParserFactory.newInstance();
        try {
            // Set up output stream
   out = new OutputStreamWriter(System.out, "UTF8");
            // Parse the input
            SAXParser saxParser = factory.newSAXParser();
            saxParser.parse( new File(argv[0]), handler);
for (int b=0; b<percent.size();b++){
     System.out.println(percent.get(b+1));
        } catch (Throwable t) {
        System.exit(0);
    static private Writer  out;
    public void startElement(String namespaceURI,
                             String lName, // local name
                             String qName, // qualified name
                             Attributes attrs)
    throws SAXException
        if (attrs != null) {
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer (250);        
for (int i = 0; i < attrs.getLength(); i++) {
                nl();
                emit(attrs.getValue(i));
          sb.append (attrs.getValue(i));
String sf = sb.toString ();
percent.add(sf);
System.out.println(" String: "+sf); a++;
    public void characters(char buf[], int offset, int len)
    throws SAXException
         emit(" ");
        String s = new String(buf, offset, len);
        if (!s.trim().equals("")) {text.add(s); emit(s);}
//===========================================================
    // Utility Methods ...
    //===========================================================
    // Wrap I/O exceptions in SAX exceptions, to
    // suit handler signature requirements
    private void emit(String s)
    throws SAXException
        try {
            out.write(s);
            out.flush();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            throw new SAXException("I/O error", e);
    // Start a new line
    private void nl()
    throws SAXException
        String lineEnd =  System.getProperty("line.separator");
        try {
            out.write(lineEnd);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            throw new SAXException("I/O error", e);
}